Wayne Brazel confessed to having killed Pat Garrett, the onetime New Mexico sheriff forever known as the man who shot Billy the Kid.
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Japanese Ace Tomokazu Kasai Dies at 94
“I still have the same dream of a Hellcat on my tail, and I can’t shake it.”
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America’s Political Divide Has Roots in Clash Over Enlightenment
Philosophers who argue that reason defines truth face resistance from those who value tradition, culture, and faith.
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Battle of Long Tan: How Australians and New Zealanders Beat the Odds
Although not the biggest battle the Australians experienced, Long Tan was perhaps their most desperate and critical fight in Vietnam.
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Why Did MacArthur Wait for Japan to Strike First?
The inside story on why he failed to act at a decisive moment in the war.
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Soldiers in the Capitol: Then and Now
One observer wrote in 1861, “it almost broke my heart to see the soldiers bring armfuls of bacon and hams and throw them down upon the floor of the marble room.”
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‘Ashley’s War’ and the Story of the Women of Special Operations is Coming to the Big Screen
In August 2011, Lt. Ashley White Stumpf joined an entirely female Army cultural support […]
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Finny Industry Sends Island Up in Flames
Inferno transforms Nantucket from whaling mecca to seaside resort
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Hero’s Welcome for James Longstreet at Gettysburg Ends in Near Deadly Disaster
At Gettysburg’s 1888 grand reunion, Confederate outcast James Longstreet turned man of the hour. but his memory tour was almost fatal
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South Korean Court Rules Japan Should Make Reparations for World War II Sexual Slavery
On January 8 a South Korean central district court in Seoul ruled that Japan […]